On: Patent trolls want $1,000 per employee for using scanners

[neurotech1]

IANAL but wouldn't it be easier to convict on mail fraud first. Corporate "accounts receivable" type scams have been convicted before of mail fraud. The scammers send an invoice to a corporation, and if it looks routine, it gets paid without a second thought.

Sooner or later, some patent troll is going to be dumb enough to send out "Unpaid License Fee" letters and set a precedence on the extortion charge.

[joshkaufman → neurotech1]

Getty Images has been doing this with stock photography license claims for years: http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/